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I'm a little shorter than you (148cm ≃ 4'10") and I maintain at about 1500kcal + whatever I expended for physical activity that day. When I was losing I kept it to 1200kcal + any exercise calories I "earnt" back, so for example if I took a 90 minute walk then I could eat 1500kcal that day. I found that MFP wasn't very…

When I started out on MFP (in winter) I logged water, tea and coffee as water (those being nearly everything I drank). Now that it's summer I only log water, because I find I need eight glasses of actual plain water to stay hydrated. I don't care too deeply about it, though.

I've been in maintenance for a bit over two months now, still logging what I eat (albeit a bit more casually). On regular days I probably wouldn't have to log - I'm good at estimating what a ~2000kj serve is now, and if I get hungry before my next meal (or just before bedtime), pretty much 100% of the time it's because I'm…

I was a lot more strict about staying within my day's calories when I was actively losing weight. I'd go over on special occasions sometimes, but not otherwise. Now that I'm (trying to be) in maintenance I'm a lot more laid-back about it. I go over regularly, stay under other days, and... well... I still seem to be losing…

I definitely refrigerate butter - it wouldn't have occurred to me not to, due to being dairy and prone to melt. I also refrigerate my eggs, seeing as fridges generally come with special egg-holders and it'd be a waste not to use them. (Also, it was what my parents always did.) Then again, I'm also an Australian who lives…

I mean, when I started it gave the exact same reading as my parents' scale on a tiled floor, and it's been showing very consistent losses for three months. It's just that the figure is about 4kg higher than when I use it on hardwood floors. So maybe inaccurate... but consistently, not wildly :tongue:

I use Libra to reassure myself that even if my weight is fluctuating wildly, or seems to stall for three weeks, my trendline is still pointing down. My "projected completion date" has been all over 2017 and 2018, I don't set too much store by it!

My guess would be that adding exercise to your routine has caused your body to retain water (which helps promote muscle recovery, I believe). You're still losing fat, but the water you're accumulating is masking that loss from being seen on the scale. Once your body adjusts to the new level of exercise, you'll probably see…

Yup, agreed. Overall it seemed like a bit of a poorly-designed study - or the kind of study you might design if you had a vendetta against fitness trackers :wink: The article I read didn't stop me buying one!

Well, I remembered weighing 45kg when I was about 16. I put that number into a calculator, found that it would give me a BMI of 20.5 (i.e. not underweight or anything!) and I decided to aim for it. I also decided I would settle for higher if 45kg proved to be too hard to reach or unsustainable once I got there. I haven't…

If it's the study I read about, they compared people who used fitness trackers (but didn't necessarily track what they ate) to people who calorie counted. They found that the calorie counters lost slightly more weight (in the realm of 1-2kg iirc) over the course of the study (which might have been three months). There was…

When I was just ten days into my diet, I realised that all my "belly fat" had gone. (I guess it was really all water, all along.) My pair of work pants that used to fit so well suddenly needed a belt! It was such a shock that something so evident could happen so fast, just from maintaining a sensible deficit. I'm still…

Seafood, chicken, turkey, dairy products, eggs. I'm also trying to make myself like lentils (not that I really dislike them... I'm just a bit ehhhh on them), so I can get some protein that way too.

I tend to be wary of any food that suddenly becomes trendy. Even if I do eventually add something to my diet (like chia seeds) it's usually after I did a Google search for something like "good sources of protein/fibre/iron/etc." and crunched the numbers for myself. I use the same technique to add non-trendy foods like…

I have about three go-to breakfasts, all of which I have alongside coffee and milk: * Uncle Toby's flavoured porridge, 15g chia seeds, 150mL full-cream milk (if I have uni or work, this is always the go) * poached egg and half an avocado, smashed, on toast * fruit smoothie - banana, mango, coconut milk, chia seeds All of…

Yep, I'm also on 1200 kcals a day. My diet is probably a little repetitive, but I do try to introduce new things every once in a while.

Usually I just have a social meal here and there, rather than a whole weekend of being out and about with people, so it's possible my ideas are harder to apply in that situation. However, there are three main things I do to try to cater to social eating: * Exercise more and "bank calories" in advance of these events. I…

I think my cat is upset that I'm looking at pictures of other cats instead of fussing over her :neutral: I adopted my little one just under a year ago, when the local vet had a litter of kittens that needed good homes. She's a bit timid but she LOVES to play fetch. And she's actually the best of best buds with my parents'…

That's literally what I do. Last night I went to my grandma's birthday dinner (although I was aiming to stick to my deficit, not "cheat"). When I got home I found the same dishes from other places, estimated how much I had of everything (yes, in grams), and put it all in. It's not perfect but considering I'm not eating out…

I've found it very useful to have a scale - I discovered I was actually overestimating some things and cheating myself out of calories (and my goal is only 1200!). For example, according to the packaging, a serve of the mozzarella cheese I buy is 35g. So I assumed that the amount I sprinkle on my pasta was 35g... when I…

Yep, I'm on 1200 net a day (and my diary is open, too). I find that so long as I make sure to get enough protein and fat it's satiating enough. It's easy to go over if I succumb to a tasty treat though! I'm only 148cm so this amount has me losing pretty slowly... I'll probably be on 1200 for a while!

I'm 148cm, which is about 4'10". MFP has me on 1200 and I strive to net a bit under that. My weight loss has been pretty gradual (my weight trend tracking app has me losing 0.1kg per week :disappointed: ) so I wouldn't want to be eating any more. Well I mean, I kind of would want to be eating more, but I'm just too short!!…

I kind of take it a few days at a time. I find really delicious-looking low-kilojoule recipes and I think, "Hey, I want to try that!!" I get excited about the tasty food and I feel proud at the end of the day when I've met my goals! The other thing I do sometimes is plan out my consumption a couple of days in advance…

Yup, I am 148cm or about four foot ten. I ate around 1140 calories of food today, am not hungry, and am about to go to sleep now. Usually I'd eat a little more, but usually I'd also go for a walk or two and I didn't get to do that today because the weather's been utterly miserable. I'm not shocked that toddlers need a lot…

I think for me it was an accumulation of factors. I was aware that I was generally not as healthy as I could or should have been. Too much beer, not enough exercise or veggies. I rarely weighed myself, but when I did (erratically), I'd always gained since the time before. It didn't bother me too much because I'd been…

Some of the foods I love, but only allow myself occasionally as treats, would include cheesecake, bavarian, chocolate mousse, lemon/orange and poppyseed muffins... and on the savoury side, Red Rock Deli chips. Especially that lime and cracked pepper flavour that for some reason they don't sell in single-serve packages,…

I'm 148cm tall (4'10"). I started out at about 56-57kg (123-126lbs; the reason for the inexactness is that I didn't own a scale then, haha), and have got down to 53kg (117lbs) so far. The "goal weight" I've set in my profile is 45kg (99lbs), which would make a BMI of 20, but I'd be pretty happy to stabilise a bit higher so…

I'm another one who usually takes leftovers. Veggie curries and pasta are my usual fare. In the past, if leftovers weren't available I'd usually take a Sunrice microwave meal, but those usually have a huge number of kilojoules in them (2,200-2,400 if you trust the packaging...) and if I want to stay under goal they don't…

Showing more willpower when I visit my parents and they serve me more food than I need! I'm pretty good at portion control at home, but when I see loved ones... om nom nom